Writing — 10 essays
On design, research, and building with AI
Essays I’ve published on Medium, collected here.
Feb 15, 2026I’m a Designer Who Couldn’t Find a Good Interview Prep Tool — So I Built OneI “vibe coded” an iOS App. Here’s (mostly) everything that went right & wrong.BootcampDec 8, 2025Notes on being unemployedMediumOct 16, 2025Time vs. AIWhere and how I use AI to address the one finite resource we all have, time.MediumMar 9, 2024Design challenge post-mortem: Lyft.com redesignMediumJan 26, 2024Why Checkout UX Still Fails (And What to Do About It)BootcampJun 14, 2023Scrappy ResearchBootcampDec 5, 2020How learning to negotiate can help designersBootcampOct 31, 2020Three lessons I learned starting a new design career while quarantinedBootcampJan 29, 2020Collaborating for the users’ sake — Part 2: Getting to the right decisionHint: Don’t hold backMediumJan 29, 2020Collaborating for the users’ sake — Part 1: Making progressHint: It’s about what you can do for your teammatesMedium